MOVING IMAGE PROCESSOR AND MOVING IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD

• US 20100251294A1
• Filed: 10/15/2009
• Published: 09/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: OoI, Shinichi
• Application Number:
  US12/580,102
• Publication Number:
  US 20100251294A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/37
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4147 PVR [Personal Video Recorder] H04N5/76 takes precedence ; arrangements for broadcast with accumulation-type receivers H04H20/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4263 involving specific tuning arrangements, e.g. two tuners
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42653 for processing graphics
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/431 Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4345 Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a moving image processor includes a receiver, a storage module, a rendering module, an overlay module, and an output module. The receiver receives moving image data. The storage module stores image data as a template of a user interface screen. The rendering module generates bitmap data representing the user interface screen, through which input is received, based on the image data stored in the storage module. The overlay module overlays the bitmap data representing the user interface screen on the moving image data. The output module outputs the moving image data on which the bitmap data is overlaid.

Claims

1. A moving image processor comprising:

a receiver configured to receive moving image data;

a storage module configured to store image data as a template of a user interface screen;

a rendering module configured to generate bitmap data representing the user interface screen, through which input is received, based on the image data stored in the storage module;

an overlay module configured to overlay the bitmap data representing the user interface screen on the moving image data; and

an output module configured to output the moving image data on which the bitmap data is overlaid.

2. The moving image processor of claim 1, further comprising a display generation module configured to generate user interface display data to be displayed as a user interface screen from a combination of pieces of display data including character data, wherein

the overlay module is configured to overlay the user interface display data generated by the display generation module on the moving image data.

3. The moving image processor of claim 2, further comprising:

a receiver configured to receive input information indicating user input; and

a determination module configured to determine whether to generate the bitmap data or the user interface display data.

4. The moving image processor of claim 2, wherein the output module is configured to output the moving image data on which both the bitmap data and the user interface display data are overlaid.

5. The moving image processor of claim 1, wherein the storage module is configured to store a plurality of pieces of image data, the moving image processor further comprising:

a selection receiver configured to receive input to select one of the pieces of image data stored in the storage module, and wherein

the rendering module is configured to generate the bitmap data based on the one of the pieces of image data selected by the input.

6. The moving image processor of claim 1, further comprising a graphics library wherein

the rendering module is configured to call the graphics library to generate the bitmap data.

7. A moving image processing method applied to a moving image processor comprising a storage module configured to store image data as a template of a user interface screen, the moving image processing method comprising:

a receiver receiving moving image data;

a rendering module generating bitmap data representing the user interface screen, through which input is received, based on the image data stored in the storage module;

an overlay module overlaying the bitmap data representing the user interface screen on the moving image data; and

an output module outputting the moving image data on which the bitmap data is overlaid.